MEETING INFORMATION
Date
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Time
3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.
This meeting will be held in person in the Columbia Room of the Werner University Center.
Alternative Zoom attendance format is available.
Zoom link:
https://zoom.us/j/8766137254?pwd=ZS83UlpaVkJRMVM5K0VncENRb1M0Zz09
Agenda
Draft Minutes
Draft Minutes for April 9, 2024 (DOCX) (PDF)
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AGENDA MATERIALS
Institutional Reports
- Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Steve Scheck)
- University President’s Report (PDF) (Jesse Peters) President Peters is unavailable, see the President’s April 17 report to the WOU BOT.
- Provost’s Report (PDF) (Jose Coll)
- Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (no report) (Cheryl Beaver/Tad Shannon)
Old Business
1. No old business
New Business
1. No new business submitted
Informational Presentations
1. Calculations for distribution of Faculty Senate seats in 2024-2025 (Stewart Baker)
2. New Senators join current Senators at the 2nd Senate meeting in May (May 28)
Open Discussion
Continuing discussion initiated at April 9 Senate meeting:
1. The Executive Committee would like to open discussion on what is essential for fulfilling degree requirements; specifically, credits vs learning outcomes for major and minor requirements. How firm are minimum credit counts in the major and minor?
Oregon has OARs on degree requirements. Link to Secretary of State. Static download.
2. The Executive Committee would like to open discussion on how Faculty Senate can be a valuable source of shared governance as we support defining and implementing the new university strategic plan.
- Call for future business items
- Closing discussion items from the floor
Announcements
HSI Summit this Friday. Information.
Supplemental documents
Considerations for Equity for post-traditional students presentation December 12. 2023
College Restructure Taskforce Final Report December 14, 2022
